Medical geneticist and Emeritus Research Director at the French Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), founder of Orphanet (www.orpha.net), and chair of the Topic Advisory Group on rare diseases at the World Health Organization

Director of the Lung Function Unit at the Hospital Clinic (Barcelona), Professor of Medicine at the University of Barcelona, Coordinator of a Master in Respiratory Medicine, Coordinator of BioHealth Computing Erasmus Mundus in Barcelona, and ex-president of the European Respiratory Society